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Xiao Yi left, came happily, went away in disappointment, and fell into a nightmare again.

Xiao Hao also left, he sent a letter to Duan Wencao, something happened to Lanling, the Mengshan thieves went down the mountain to plunder, and a certain had to go, as for Zou Cheng and Pingyang, you immediately transfer troops to garrison it, so as not to fall into the hands of traitors.

Xiao Hao walked very resolutely, and he couldn't even wait for Duan Wencao's reply.

After Duan Wencao retreated to Defective Hill, he paid close attention to the movements of the rebels and prepared for it, but just when he received the main force of the rebels going south to surround the two cities of Kangfu and Gaoping, Xiao Hao's letter of resignation also arrived.

Niu Jinda was furious, "Xiao Lang is leaving at this moment, didn't he just help the thief?" As soon as he left, we divided our troops and garrisoned Zou City and Pingyang, and there was even less chance of defeating the thieves. ”

Kong Zhongqing was also surprised, but thought that since Xiao Hao came to help, there was no need to be a villain, otherwise it was better not to come, "Envoy, the attack on Lanling by the Mengshan thieves is still credible." ”

In the early spring, the Mengshan thieves had gone down the mountain to plunder Lanling, Tancheng line, threatening the coastal passage from Huai into Qi, when the Mengshan thieves were in urgent need of food, and then the thieves entered the battlefield of Lujun, but they could not open the situation for a long time, conquered Ningyang but could not transport the grain in the city to Mengshan, and Mengshan gathered a large number of refugees, and the thieves from all walks of life sent the old and weak women and children in the team to Mengshan after forming an alliance, the food crisis in Mengshan must be very strict, and the thieves had to attack Lanling again in order to feed their stomachs, This plan can not only take advantage of the lack of armed forces of the township regiment to burn, kill and plunder, but also force the Lanling Xiao clan to withdraw from Lu County, killing two birds with one stone.

Duan Wencao frowned and pondered, and slowly shook his head. It doesn't matter whether Lanling was attacked by thieves, it was important, as soon as Xiao Hao left, he was more passive on the battlefield in Lujun, and the situation in southwest Lu became more sinister, which would not only further worsen the situation in Qilu and threaten the sailors to cross the sea expedition, but also seriously endanger the interests of Xuzhou. The reason why Cui Deben and Xiao Hao wanted to go north to support Lu County at the beginning was that they had common interests with each other, so it is certain that Xiao Hao's sudden withdrawal to Lanling this time must have a deep meaning, and there must be some unknown secrets hidden behind it.

Since Xiao Hao has left without looking back, please don't come back, no matter how much he complains, it will be useless, so he can only immediately divide his troops to garrison Zou Cheng and Pingyang, and at the same time adjust the offensive and defensive strategies, and use all his strength on defense to ensure the safety of Fubianqiu and its surrounding towns.

"Wait and see." Duan Wencao said slowly, "The changes in the situation in Ludi have a great impact, at this moment, not only Pengcheng Cui Deben and Liang Dezhong are paying close attention, but Qidi Zhang Xutuo is also worried, and Rong Gong (Lai Hu'er) and Qiao Gong (Zhou Fashang) of Donglai Water Division are even more restless at night. ”

Kong Zhongqing and Niu Jinda looked at each other, and thought it was true, and their nervous and depressed mood was alleviated because of Duan Wencao's words.

When Duan Wencao could still control the situation in Lu County, the various forces were constantly in conflict because of their different interests, and when Duan Wen Cao could not control the situation in Lu County, the shape was one-sided, which was a loss. Duan Wencao fell, the Qilu people were hit hard, the first to be damaged were the Shandong people, and secondly, the Guanlong people couldn't take much advantage, the price paid to clean up the mess of Qilu was actually unimaginable, and if the Jiangzuo people's sailors delayed the Eastern Expedition because of this, the consequences would be even more unbearable.

Duan Wencao is passive defense, not to break the jar, but to retreat as advance, and use common interests to blackmail all forces, if you have to put me to death, then the jade will be burned.

Bad news came one after another. Kang's father is lost. Gaoping fell. In addition to Rencheng and Ningyang, which have been lost, the entire towns on the first line of Zhushui in the northwest of Lu County have all fallen into the hands of thieves, and all the towns on the first line of Wenshui in the northeast of Lu County have also fallen, that is to say, except for the Luzhong Plain and the Pingyang and Zoucheng lines in southern Lunan, more than half of the area of Lu County has been occupied by the thieves.

"Envoy, at present, the shape is basically clear, and we and the thieves are evenly matched." At the routine meeting in the hall of the county government on this day, Niu Jinda said worriedly, "The thieves did not take advantage of the situation to attack Zou Cheng and Pingyang, but concentrated their forces on Kangfu and Gaoping, in order to get more food and young people in the shortest possible time, so as to make up for the losses in the first battle of Ningyang, speed up the development, and quickly increase the strength." As long as the strength is strong, the white thieves will attack Zou Cheng and Pingyang, besieging the flawed hills on all sides, so the chances of victory will be greatly increased. ”

"The white thief is cunning and treacherous, once he is given the opportunity to seize the opportunity to capture Zou Cheng and Pingyang, and surround the flawed hills, then the Lu County shape will be subverted, and the consequences will be unimaginable." Kong Zhongqing was also panicked, and cautiously said, "Envoy, do you immediately report to the Eastern Capital, ask for help from Donglai Qiaogong (Zhou Fashang), and ask for help from Pengcheng Cui Deben and Liang Dezhong?" ”

Duan Wencao pondered for a long time and shook his hand, "Wait and see." ”

The alarm is coming. The thief army suddenly entered Pengcheng County, captured Guting City, and is now storming Fanghe County.

The white thief went south to fight Pengcheng? What is the intent? There are many remaining regiments and brigades of the Yingyang Mansion army in Pengcheng County, and the Tengcheng Yingyang Mansion and Peicheng Yingyang Mansion are very close to Fang and the city, and the white thieves actually have no ability to capture Fang and the city at all. In addition, Pengcheng not only has tens of thousands of local troops, but also Zuo Xiaowei, who is in charge of the Xuzhou military, and Zuo Xiaowei can call more than a dozen Yingyang Mansions in Xuzhou, and his strength is very strong. Why did the white thief put the evenly matched means and didn't fight, but provoked a behemoth he couldn't afford to provoke?

Duan Wencao, Kong Zhongqing, Niu Jinda and other subordinates gathered in front of the map, repeatedly analyzed and deduced, and finally came to a conclusion that made them unbelievable, the white thief may have to fight the Central Plains, and the most realistic goal is to follow the waterways of Surabaya, Heshui and Jishui, which go directly to the Central Plains, directly kill Xingyang, attack the peripheral towns in the eastern part of Gyeonggi, burn and plunder at the confluence of the Great River and the Tongji Canal, and use the abundant manpower, material and financial resources in this area to expand and grow.

For the white thief, the top priority is to grow stronger, and the premise of growing is to need sufficient and inexhaustible manpower, material and financial resources, and the only way to achieve this premise is to win one victory after another. Although Lu County is rich, it cannot meet the needs of the white thief to grow rapidly, so the white thief must expand outward. However, in the northeast of Lu County, there is a strong opponent like Zhang Xutuo, as well as other rebel armies from all walks of life, and they also need to be exhibited; Langya County in the southeast of Lu County has limited financial resources and has no value for expansion, and there are Eagle Yangwei guarding Langya County; Although the Xuzhou counties to the south of Lu County were rich, they had strong military strength, and the white thieves did not dare to go south at all. In this way, the white thief had no choice but to expand westward to the Central Plains.

The wealth of the Central Plains can be imagined, and it can fully meet the needs of the White Thief Exhibition. In addition, Lu County is more than 1,000 miles away from the center of the Central Plains, thousands of miles away from Gyeonggi with Henan County as the center, and more than 700 miles away from Xingyang, an important town on the periphery of Gyeonggi. Although the number of Weifu troops left behind in the eastern capital and Gyeonggi was huge, they would not leave the defensive area, and most of the Yingyangfu troops on the periphery of Gyeonggi went to the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, and those who stayed behind were basically deployed on both sides of the Tongji Canal to protect this transportation artery that runs through the north and south, so if nothing else, the white thieves would not encounter a strong resistance before entering the outer border of Gyeonggi, that is, before leaving Lujun and entering Xingyang.

"Since the white thief can kill from Mangdang Mountain to Mengshan, and leap from Xuzhou to Qilu, he can kill from Mengshan to Bishan, and advance from Qilu to the Central Plains."

Niu Jinda's solemn tone implied a hint of admiration for the white thief. Since this thief raised the flag, he has won many battles, and it is not difficult to see that the key to his victory is not that he is brave and good at fighting, but that he is strategic. The leap from Xuzhou to Qilu is a breathtaking classic example, Xuzhou military governor Zuo Xiaowei general Dong Chun left because of this, to the poor mountains and bad waters of Bashu to think about the past. If his speculation is correct, the goal of the white thief this time is to advance thousands of miles into the Central Plains, which is another amazing grand strategy. The white thief has taken advantage of the time and place, and he will definitely succeed. After the success, the white thief is strong, even if the expeditionary force returns victoriously and encircles and suppresses it on all sides, he also has the capital to resist, and the imperial court must pay a considerable price if it wants to exterminate him.

Niu Jinda considered purely from a military point of view, while Duan Wencao and Kong Zhongqing's ideas were very different from his.

The white thief advanced into the Central Plains at this moment, changing not only the situation in Lu County, but also the entire Qilu situation, and more importantly, the change in this situation was conducive to the Eastern Crusade, and the smooth progress of the Eastern Crusade was not only beneficial to the Qilu people, but also to the Shandong people. In other words, the white thief sent a very clear message to Duan Wencao of Lujun and Cui Deben of Pengcheng, we are all Shandong people, and we are seeking the interests of Shandong people, and on the basis of this interest, we have the need for "tacit understanding" cooperation.

"Xiao Lang's sudden departure from Lu County, can it be interpreted as Cui Deben sending some kind of message to the white thief?" Kong Zhongqing pondered, hesitated, and said in an uncertain tone, "Immediately after, the white thief went south to Pengcheng to attack Gu Ting and Fang He. ”

Duan Wencao's eyes narrowed slightly, noncommittal. He also had this suspicion, and in order to use all kinds of traitors to control the situation in Qilu, he sent Xu Shiren to infiltrate the traitor team. By analogy, Cui Deben must also have such an idea, and he will also put it into practice, and from Cui's standpoint, if he can influence or even control a group of traitors, it will still help Cui's to achieve his political goals.

"Envoy, without further ado, get in touch with Xu Shiren immediately." Kong Zhongqing resolutely said, "If the white thief really advances into the Central Plains, the situation will be very favorable to me, and all the crises in front of me can be resolved in an instant." ”

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